Some big screen adaptations of LITERARY CLASSICS feature on this collection. The titles included are: The 1962 version of BILLY BUDD, CAPTAIN HORATIO HORNBLOWER, MADAME BOVARY (1992), both the 1952 and 1978 versions of PRISONER OF ZENDA, and THE THREE MUSKETEERS (1948). Please see individual titles for synopsis information.

Warner Bros. Studios is no stranger to adapting classic novels and has done a pretty good job with it. As any film-goer might know, Hollywood has a tendency to get inspiration from books on a regular basis. What many of them probably realize is that Hollywood has been doing that since as long as the moving picture has existed. It’s nothing new. The only dig in this system would be that you would have to do a really good job with the adaptation since much of your audience would be fans of the books....read the full review